Cops: Newburgh boy had gun, crack cocaine

CITY OF NEWBURGH – A 13-year-old boy was carrying a loaded handgun and 3 grams of crack cocaine when two police officers caught up with him early Wednesday morning, police said.

Officers responded to Lander Street near Farrington Street after a caller complained about a loud group smoking marijuana on a porch there. Police in the station trained surveillance cameras on the building and watched as the people passed hand-rolled cigarettes, police said. It was about 12:30 a.m.

As officers approached, the 13-year-old ran into a house next door and tried to hide in the vestibule, police said. Officers Brandon Rola and Erik Sickler found him there with the gun and drugs, police said.

The boy was charged with felonies of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.